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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE0 HERMANN TERFLOTH, O F LAER, GERMANY.

SHEDDiNc MECHANISM FOR Looms.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,635, dated January 5, 1892.

Application filed November 13, 1890. Serial No. 371,321. (No model.) Patented in Germany July 28, 1888, No. 47,185, and in England December 24, 1888, No. 18,847.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMANN TERELOTH, a subgect of the King of Prussia, residing at Laer, Prussia, Germany, ,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shedding Mechanism for Looms, (for which patents have been granted in Germany, No. 47,185, dated July 28,1888, andin England, No.18,847, dated December 24, 1888,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesv to Vlooms by which woven pattern fabrics may be produced without employing cards; and the said invention particularly refers to what is known as the Jacquard apparatus.

Looms constructed according to the hereinafter-described invention have the needleboard or dividing-plate divided into several, and, in fact, as many divisions as there are healds or heddles necessary for the production ofthe pattern, andeach portion of the need le-board or dividing-plate carries asmany needles as the corresponding heald or heddle has combs. The needles are worked b y the separated needle-boards or dividing-plates, which are lifted and depressed byv traveling cam or tappet-carrying chains which have a r reversing or return motion, and also by a cylinder, to which a rotative and to-and-fro motion is communicated, all as hereinafter described. The cam-chains determine the pattern for the border and part of the inside piece and travel backward and forward by' means of a return movement attached to the frame-work. In certain patterns, however, the chains are only caused to travel forward.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention will be readily understood by the following description, having reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows a front view of so much of a machine constructed according to my invention as will be here necessary. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. Sis a vertical transverse section on the lines oo of Fig. 1. Fig. a is a vertical transverse section on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows the cylinder or a portion thereof detached and in elevation. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional elevation of a portion of the mechanism detached for shogging the pin-wheel. Fig. 7 is a sectional front elevation of the same parts. Fig. 8 shows detached and in front elevation the needleboards or dividing-plates. Figs. 9 and 10 are partial diagrammatic detail views showing, respectively, the mechanism which rotates the pattern-chains in opposite directions. Fig. 11 is a detail sectional elevation taken in the plane of line X X', Fig. 1. Fig. l2 is a detail sectional elevation of the spring holding device of the cylinder F.

A is the driving-lever rocking about the fixed pin or fulcrum A', (best seen at Fig. 2,) carried by the frame B. At the front end of this lever there is a connecting-rod a, mounted thereon by a pivot-pin o. and connected by a fork and pin at the other end to the knifelever C. The opposite end of the knife-lever C is pivoted on a bracket-arm b, bolted to the opposite side of the frame-work of the machine. 'lhe lever A is further connected by a rod a2 with a rock-lever a3, pivoted to the main frame at a9, the opposite end of which is attached to a rod a4, which carries one end of the beam D, Figs. 1 and 4, the other end being pivoted at c in a forked bracket c, bolted to the side frame. The beam D serves as foundation for the lifting-wires and is depressed by the above-mentioned connection with the lever A when the knife-lever C goes up. The rock-lever A further operates (by a rod a5) an armE, which is mounted on apivotshaft E2 in the frame-work of the apparatus. A rectangular rocking frame E is mounted at its lower portion on the pivot-shaft E2.

By operating through the lever A, the rod a5, and arm E the frame E is rocked to and fro. In the upper part of the frame is carried the cylinder F, which is here five-sided and mounted by studs in journals, one of which studs is provided at one end with a hand-wheel F and at the other end With a ratchet-wheel F2, Fig. 2. There is a hooked pawl F3 mounted on the frame B, and said pawl engages with the ratchet-Wheel F2, and the to-and-fro motion given to the cylinder F and its frame E causes the said cylinder to be revolved in the usual manner one section of a completed' revolution (here one- TOO ' guide holes.

ifth) at a time, and the stoppage of the cylinder is governed in the usual manner through a spring-pressure rod F4, Fig. 12, consisting of a rod having a flat end held yieldingly against wheel F7, rigid on the cylinder-shaft and having tive iiat faces, by spring F2. Each face of the cylinder F is provided with holes according to the picks required for the fabrics produced. In the arrangement shown in the drawings each face of the cylinder is provided with two rows of holes 6 and e', (see Figs. 4 and 5,) one above the other. The under row of holes 6"(when the cylinder moves toward the lifting-wires) is opposite to the ends of those needles which are not lifted.

The needles d consisteach of a wire which is bent in the middle to an eye d', and they are supported in front by the needle-boards or dividing-plates G and at the back by a guide G', and the rear ends of the needles CZ are bent round in hook form beyond the said A spiral spring Z2 is carried upon each needle d, by which the needle is always held toward the cylinder. Each expansive spring surrounds its needle and at one end bears against board G and at its opposite end against eye d' or other suitable stop on the needle. Through the eyes d of the needles pass the lifting-wires f, which are bent at their upper ends somewhat into hook form and at their lower ends into full hooks, which enter apertures in the upper end of what I may call lifting-blades g, which latter pass through the beam l), and, being provided with shoulders, rest on the same. It is on these lifting-blades g that the shafts orheddles hang by means of lashings.

The needle-boards or dividing-plates G consist of as many divisions, Figs. l, 4, and 8, (five being shown on the drawings,) as there are healds or heddles employed for carrying out the pattern, and each of these dividingplates G contain as many needles (in the drawings five are shown) as the heald or heddie in question has divisions. The plates G areV placed movably beside each other in a cross-beam h of the frame, and a hole is formed in the lower end of each, into which the free ends of levers enter. These levers are free to rock ona shaft lever-arms is provided with a roller or bowl 2, which rests on an endless chain 3, which latter passes over chain-rollers 5, mounted on a shaft 4. The chains 2 are arranged according to the pattern to be produced and are provided with raised tappets 6, so that when such raised tappet-link runs over the roller 5 the lever-arm and the respective needleboard or dividing-plate is raised. By this action the needlescZ, carried or governed by the particular needle-board or dividing-plate in question, are raised so high that their ends come opposite the upper row of holes of the cylinder F. Those needles LZ which are opposite to the holes in the cylinder F enter therein on the back-stroke of the latter, are

not displaced, and their respective lifting- Each of the wires are left to be raised on the nextfollowing elevation of the knife-lever C, whereas the lifting-wires of the needles which do not come opposite to the holes in the cylinder F are pressed backward out of the reach of the knife-lever O and sink with vthe descent of the beam D.

The chain-rollers receive motion from the cylinder F in the following manner: Upon the cylinder-shaft, near the ratchet-wheel F2, Fig. 2, there is a spur-wheel Za, which gears with a larger spur-wheel Zo', mounted upon a stud-pivot on the frame E. The spur-wheel Zo is in gear with spu'r-wheel k2, mounted on the shaft E2, on which the frame E rocks. The spur-wheels 7c and k2 are of equal diameter.

The shaft E2 carries at its opposite end a pivot or pin wheel Z, Figs. 9 and 10, mounted by means of groove and spring, so as to be capable of being shogged backward and forward along the shaft E2 by means hereinafter described. This pin-wheel Z is on each of its opposite faces provided with a pin respectively marked Z and Z2, and these pins are caused to gear, as hereinafter described, with one or the other of two star-wheels m and m2, which are similar to each other in size and shape. The star-wheel m is keyed on the shaft 4, which carries the chain-rollers 5 and comes opposite one face of the pin-wheel Z, and the other star-wheel 'm2 comes opposite the other face of the said pin-wheel and is mounted upon a second parallel shaft o, placed at the same height in the frame B as the shaft 4. A A

Upon the shafts 4 and 0, respectively, are two spur-wheels n and n2, Figs. l, 2, 4, and 7, of equal diameter, so that the shaft L and 0 will turn in opposite directions and at the same rate of speed.

The pin-wheel Z (which rotates at the same speed as the cylinder F) acts at each full revolution by its pins Z Z2, respectively, on one or the other of the star-wheels m or m2, moving the same through the space of a cog before the following cog of the star-wheel in question comes into juxtaposition with the faces Z3 or Z4 of the wheel Z, whereby the starwheel is retained until after a repeated full revolution of the wheel Z, when the pins again grip another cog. For example, if the pinwheel which revolves in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3, is in contact with the star-wheel m', as shown in Fig. l, the said star-wheel m',

and with it the shaft 4, is turned in the direction of the arrow 2, Fig. 8,and the cam-chains Z3 are moved in the direction of the arrow 3. lf the pin-wheel Z is now thrown to the right hand, so as to be brought out of contact with the star-wheel m and into contact with the wheel m2, then the latter, and with it the shaft o,will be turned round in the direction of the arrow 4, Fig. 3, and this, by means of the gear-wheels n n2, will revolve the shaft 21 in the opposite direction of the arrow 2, and consequently the chains 2 will receive an opposite motion to that indicated by the arrow 3.

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The pin-wheel Z 'is moved longitudinally upon the shaft E2 upon each .alteration of the direction of revolution of the cam-chains by means of a bell-crank lever P, Fig. l, which rocks on a pin p, carried bylugs on the framework. The lower forked arm of this bellcrank lever embraces the hub of the pin-wheel Z, and has two side pins which project into a circumferential groove on same.

The upper arm p2 of the lever P bears with its end 'px on a lever Q, Figs. l and 3, mounted and rocking on pin Q', and is provided with rollers Q2, resting on an endless chain Q3, mounted on chain-roller Q4 and held extended by roller Q6,- Fig. 3, mounted in a bracket Q, as shown, secured to the main frame.

The chain Q3 is made up of raised and depressed links, or what may be called camtappet links, so that according to what size or shaped link is brought under the roller vQ2 the lever, and through this the arm p2 of the bell-crank P, is raised or lowered, and in consequence thereof the pivot-wheel Z is thrown to the right or to the left. llo insure the roller Q2 following the .variations in size or shape of the links that are to 'secure the falling down of the lever Q from a raised chain-link to one of less size, for the purpose of causing` the swinging toward the right of t-hearm p of the bell-crank P, a spring p3, Fig. l, is provided, one end of which is connected with theframe of the machine and the other and outer end by a tension-rod p with the said leverarm p. The spring p3 thus tends to draw the lever-arm p', and with it the pin-wheel Z, toward the right. The

chain-roller Q5 receives its motion from the shaft E2. For this purpose there is arranged upon the latter a second wheel r, Figs. l, 6, and 7, mounted so as to have a limited longitudinal movement on the shaft and provided with a side projecting pin r and a proj ecting rim or boss r2, which always, after taking up its right or left position, is in or out of gear with a star-wheel Q7, Figs. l, 3, 6, and 7, which forms one piece with the chainroller Q5. The shifting of the pin-wheel 0' takes place by means of a bell-crank lever S, Fig. 7, an arm s of which grasps the hub of the wheel r, and the other arm S2 is connected by a rod s3 with a lever t, Fig. 6. The lever Zturns on a pin t in the frame of the machine and is provided with a roller t2, by means of which it is supported by an endless chain t3, that runs over a chain-roller Z4, fastened on the shaft i4. The chain t3 is provided with tappet-cam links in the same manner as the chains t3, so that when such camlinks run over the roller i4 the lever t, and through this the lever-arin s2 of the bell-crank S, is raised, and in consequence the other arm thereof s is pushed toward the left and throws the pin-wheel fr into gear with the star-wheel Q7, as shown in Fig. l, and the revolving motion of the shaft E2 will be transferred tothe chain Q3. When a cam or tappet link t5 of the chain t3 has passed by the roller t2 of the lever t, the said roller t2 falls .down upon the lower link of the chain t3,

this being insured by means of the weight t6, suspended to the lever t, Fig. 6. The pinwheel r is thus pushed toward the right, and so brought out of contact with thestarwheel QT.

The pin-wheel r is shown in end View in Fig. 7, and this wheel has a continuous rotary motion; but so long as the star-wheel Q7 occupies thel position shown at Fig. 7-that is, while a tooth of the star-wheel is in contact with the continuous portion of the projecting boss r2 of the piu-wheel r--it (the star-wheel) will be held stationary, and the pin r will pass by the said star-wheel without coming into gear therewith.

The working of the described reversing motion is as follows: Let it be supposed that upon the chain-roller Q5 and under the roller Q2 of the lever Q there is a cam-shaped link of the chain Q3, which is, for example, of larger size than the ordinary links, so that the pin-wheel Z is in gearing with the starwheel m of the shaft i4. Upon the chainroller t4 andv under the roller t2 of the lever t there is, say, an ordinary link of the chain t3, so that the pin-wheel r is out of gear with the star-wheel Q7 of the chain-roller Q5. In this case the pattern or cam-tappet chains 'Z3 will (by the action of the pin-wheel Z and of the star-wheel m) be set revolving in the direction of the arrow 2, Fig. 3, (toward the left,) and also the chain t3 revolves in the same direction. The chain Q3, on the `other hand, stands still. The chain t3 is so arranged that shortly before the said pattern chains t3 change their direction of revolution a raised or cam link t5 of the chain t3 comes under the roller t2 of the levert, and as a consequence the pin-wheelo1 comes into gear with the starwheel Q7 and the latter turns a cog farther, so that a lower link of the chain Q3 comes to lie under the roller Q2 of the lever Q, and by the bell-crank lever P the pin-wheel Z is pushed toward the right and comes into gear with the star-wheel m2, so that now the patterlrchains i3 are made to revolve in the opposite direo tion, (toward the right.) This is also the case with the chain t3, the raised link t5 of which now again slips off the roller t2 of the lever t, whereby the pin-wheel r is again pushed toward the right and brought out of gear with the star-wheel Q7, so that now the chain Q3 again stands still and the wheel Z remains in Contact with the star-wheel m2. As soon as another raised link of the chain 3 comes under the roller of the lever t the pin-wheel r' comes into gear with the star-wheel Q7, and when a raised link of the chain Q3 is again brought under the rollerof lever Q the wheel Zcomes into gearing with the star-wheel 'a' and the chains t3 will again revolve in the opposite direction, (toward the left.) This action repeats itself.

I would remark, in conclusion, that when in the fabric to be produced more than two IOO IIO

sets of warps, with their respective wefts, are employed more rows of holes are necessary in the cylinder, and also the pattern-chain 3 must contain a similar number of chainlinks of different heights; also two or more series of needle-boards or dividing-plates can be arranged one over the other, so as to work with a number of heddles.

It is evident that various changes might be made in the form and arrangements of the parts described Without departing from the spirit and' scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise construction herein set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In looms, the combination of the cylinder F, having rocking and rotating movement, separate needle-boards or dividingplates G, tappet or pattern chains separately operating said boards, needles d, passing through said boards or plates, lifting-Wires f, provided with lifting-blades g, beam D, knifelever C, and mechanism for operating said parts. substantially as set forth.

2. A loom having separate needle-boards or dividing-plates, each having a suitable number of needles loosely passing therethrough, and operating means for separately operating such boards or plates, substantially as described.

3. In combination, theloosely-mou nted needles, the separate vertically-movable needleboards or dividing-plates, each having a series of needles passing loosely therethrough, the cylinder operating in conjunction with said needles, and the tappet or pattern chains for operating said boards or plates, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the needles, of the tappet or pattern chains, the means operati ing the needles and controlled by said chains, comprising movable needle-boards, and the cylinderl also acting upon said needles and connected and operating simultaneously with said chains.

5. The combination, with the shaft carrying the tappet or pattern chains and mechanism for rotating said shaft in opposite directions, a tappet-chain onsaid shaft, and means controlled by said chain to alternately throw said mechanisms into gear with said shaft to reverse the direction of movement of the same, substantially as described.

6. In combination, the shaft carrying the pattern or tappet chains, gearing for rotating the shaft in opposite directions, a tappetchain carried by said shaft, a lever controlled by said chain, another tappeti-chain thrown into or out of gear with its driving means by -said lever, and means, substantially as described, controlled by said last-mentioned chain to alternately throw gearing into connection with said shaft to rotate the same in opposite directions.

7. In a loom, the combination of a cylinder, such as F, a series of movable needles coacting therewith, the series of separate dividing-plates, a series of needles passing through each, and the traveling patternchains, each arranged to separately move al dividing-plate, substantially as described.

8. In a loom, the combination of the frame, swinging knife-lever C, swinging beam D, swinging frame E, connections between said lever, beam, and frame, a swing-lever A to operate said parts, the rotary cylinder carried by frame E, the lifting-wires arranged to be lifted by such lever C, the blades g, separately carried by such wires and passing thro.: gh beam D, the loosely-mounted needles acting in conjunction with such cylinder, the pattern-chains, and interposed mechanism controlling the vertical movement of such needles and operating connections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMANN TERFLOTII.

Witnesses:

FRANS ARcKnNov, WI G. GERLAGH. 

